Comments: William Hamilton Mills (Nee: ) | Canada | 1851-1900 | Comments: This portrait of William Hamilton Mills appears on page 179 of The Canadian Horticulturist, vol.XII, no.7, July 1889. There is a biographical sketch of him on pages 178-180 of that volume. Mr. Mills was born in the village of Hamilton on 4 August 1822. He was of Scotch and German parentage. He studied law under Dr. Kay and later worked in the law office of Mr. Richard Beasley. He later left the practice of law and turned to horticulture and fruit and flower growing. He was involved in several fruit and horticulture associations.